Robert Edward FOSTER

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Service Number:	NX37481
Enlisted:	27 June 1941, Paddington, NSW, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/30th Infantry Battalion
Born:	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 18 August 1915
Home Town:	North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Storeman
Died:	Presumed, Malaya, 15 January 1942, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Column 132. Singapore Memorial, Singapore
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX37481
27 Jun 1941:	Involvement Private, NX37481, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore
27 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Private, NX37481, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion, Paddington, NSW, Australia
27 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX37481, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion
29 Jul 1941:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX37481, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion, Embarked at Sydney for Singapore.
15 Jan 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX37481, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion, MIA presumed dead.
15 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, POW (Missing Person): 15/02/1942, Fate: Missing - Believed deceased (Officially Presumed) AWM - POWS' & Missing Persons.

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